ISAAH MHLANGA: Medium-term budget kicks can down road
Hope is all well and good, but effective delivery is what counts
03 November 2023 - 05:00
The medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) presented what I characterise as doing what you can in a constrained environment, and certainly it’s neither an upbeat nor a catastrophic set of numbers and proposals.
It still offers hope for reforms that can underpin economic growth, but if hope takes too long to deliver tangible improvements it can turn into excruciating despair. ..
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